apogonidae_fish_family


	Enter dictionary search query here. apogonidae MEANING: bright-colored marine fishes that incubate eggs in the mouth Hypernym Tree (apogonidae is a type of) fish_family -- (any of various families of fish family -- ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera; "sharks belong to the fish family" taxonomic_group, taxonomic_category, taxon -- (animal or plant group having natural relations biological_group -- (a group of plants or animals group, grouping -- (any number of entities (members) considered as a unit Holonyms (apogonidae is a part of) Perciformes, order_Perciformes, Percomorphi, order_Percomorphi -- (one of the largest natural groups of fishes of both marine and fresh water: true perches; basses; tuna Meronyms (parts of apogonidae) cardinalfish -- (small red fishes of coral reefs and inshore tropical waters Apogon, genus_Apogon -- (type genus of the Apogonidae Astropogon, genus_Astropogon -- (a genus of fish of the family Apogonidae Also See Cobitidae, family_Cobitidae -- (loaches Cyprinidae, family_Cyprinidae -- (a family of fish including: carp; tench; roach; rudd; dace Electrophoridae, family_Electrophoridae -- (small family comprising the electric eels Catostomidae, family_Catostomidae -- (suckers; closely related to the family Cyprinidae Cyprinodontidae, family_Cyprinodontidae -- (large family of small soft-finned fishes; killifishes; flagfishes; swordtails; guppies Poeciliidae, family_Poeciliidae -- (topminnows Holocentridae, family_Holocentridae -- (squirrelfishes and soldierfishes Anomalopidae, family_Anomalopidae -- (a family of fish including: flashlight fishes Zeidae, family_Zeidae -- (a family of fish in the order Zeomorphi Caproidae, family_Caproidae -- (boarfishes Fistulariidae, family_Fistulariidae -- (cornetfishes Gasterosteidae, family_Gasterosteidae -- (sticklebacks Syngnathidae, family_Syngnathidae -- (pipefishes Macrorhamphosidae, family_Macrorhamphosidae -- (bellows fishes Centriscidae, family_Centriscidae -- (shrimpfishes Aulostomidae, family_Aulostomidae -- (trumpetfishes Petromyzontidae, family_Petromyzontidae -- (lampreys Myxinidae, family_Myxinidae -- (slime-producing marine animals: hagfishes Chimaeridae, family_Chimaeridae -- (a family of Holocephali Hexanchidae, family_Hexanchidae -- (primitive sharks Lamnidae, family_Lamnidae -- (oceanic sharks Isuridae, family_Isuridae -- (in some classifications another name for the family Lamnidae Cetorhinidae, family_Cetorhinidae -- (in some older classifications considered the family of the basking sharks Alopiidae, family_Alopiidae -- (thresher sharks Orectolobidae, family_Orectolobidae -- (nurse sharks and carpet sharks Carchariidae, family_Carchariidae, Odontaspididae, family_Odontaspididae -- (sand sharks; in some classifications coextensive with family Carcharhinidae Rhincodontidae, family_Rhincodontidae -- (small-toothed sharks comprising only one species Scyliorhinidae, family_Scyliorhinidae -- (small bottom-dwelling sharks Carcharhinidae, family_Carcharhinidae -- (largest family of living sharks; found worldwide especially in tropical waters; dorsal fin lacks spines: requiem sharks including tiger sharks and soupfin sharks Triakidae, family_Triakidae -- (small smooth-skinned sharks lacking spines on dorsal fins Squalidae, family_Squalidae -- (dogfishes having a spine in each dorsal fin Sphyrnidae, family_Sphyrnidae -- (hammerhead sharks; bonnethead sharks Squatinidae, family_Squatinidae -- (bottom-dwelling ray-like sharks Torpedinidae, family_Torpedinidae -- (electric rays Pristidae, family_Pristidae -- (large primitive rays with elongated snouts Rhinobatidae, family_Rhinobatidae -- (primitive rays with guitar-shaped bodies Dasyatidae, family_Dasyatidae -- (sting rays Myliobatidae, family_Myliobatidae -- (eagle rays Mobulidae, family_Mobulidae -- (large rays lacking venomous spines: mantas Rajidae, family_Rajidae -- (bottom-dwelling tropical rays: skates Latimeridae, family_Latimeridae -- (extinct except for the coelacanth Ceratodontidae, family_Ceratodontidae -- (lungfishes having hornlike ridges on the teeth Siluridae, family_Siluridae -- (Old World catfishes Ameiuridae, family_Ameiuridae -- (North American catfishes Laricariidae, family_Laricariidae -- (armored catfish Ariidae, family_Ariidae -- (sea catfishes Gadidae, family_Gadidae -- (large family of important mostly marine food fishes Macrouridae, family_Macrouridae, Macruridae, family_Macruridae -- (grenadiers Anguillidae, family_Anguillidae -- (eels that live in fresh water as adults but return to the sea to spawn Muraenidae, family_Muraenidae -- (marine eels Congridae, family_Congridae -- (marine eels Gonorhynchidae, family_Gonorhynchidae -- (coextensive with the genus Gonorhynchus Clupeidae, family_Clupeidae -- (herrings; shad; sardines; etc. Engraulidae, family_Engraulidae -- (anchovies Salmonidae, family_Salmonidae -- (salmon and trout Coregonidae, family_Coregonidae -- (soft-finned fishes comprising the freshwater whitefishes; formerly included in the family Salmonidae Osmeridae, family_Osmeridae -- (smelts Elopidae, family_Elopidae -- (tarpons and ladyfishes Albulidae, family_Albulidae -- (bonefish Argentinidae, family_Argentinidae -- (small marine soft-finned fishes with long silvery bodies; related to salmons and trouts Myctophidae, family_Myctophidae -- (deep-sea fishes comprising the lantern fishes Synodontidae, family_Synodontidae -- (soft-finned bottom-dwelling fishes Chlorophthalmidae, family_Chlorophthalmidae -- (small family of soft-finned bottom-livers with large eyes; relatives of lizardfishes Lampridae, family_Lampridae -- (opahs Trachipteridae, family_Trachipteridae -- (ribbonfishes Regalecidae, family_Regalecidae -- (ribbonfishes Ogcocephalidae, family_Ogcocephalidae -- (batfishes: sluggish bottom-dwelling spiny fishes Lophiidae, family_Lophiidae -- (large-headed marine fishes comprising the anglers Batrachoididae, family_Batrachoididae -- (toadfishes; related to anglers and batfishes Antennariidae, family_Antennariidae -- (frogfishes; tropical spiny-finned marine fishes having large nearly vertical mouths; related to toadfishes and anglers Belonidae, family_Belonidae -- (ferocious fishes of warm regions resembling but unrelated to the freshwater gars Exocoetidae, family_Exocoetidae -- (flying fishes; closely related to the halfbeaks Hemiramphidae, family_Hemiramphidae -- (halfbeaks; marine and freshwater fishes closely related to the flying fishes but not able to glide Scomberesocidae, family_Scomberesocidae, Scombresocidae, family_Scombresocidae -- (only sauries Ophiodontidae, family_Ophiodontidae -- (fishes closely related to greenlings Anabantidae, family_Anabantidae -- (small freshwater spiny-finned fishes of Africa and southern Asia Percidae, family_Percidae -- (active freshwater fishes; true perches and pike perches Trichodontidae, family_Trichodontidae -- (two species of elongate compressed scaleless large-eyed fishes that live in sand or mud Ophidiidae, family_Ophidiidae -- (eel-like marine fishes Brotulidae, family_Brotulidae -- (chiefly deep-sea fishes related to the Ophidiidae Carapidae, family_Carapidae -- (pearlfishes: related to the Brotulidae Centropomidae, family_Centropomidae -- (a family of fish or the order Perciformes including robolos Esocidae, family_Esocidae -- (pikes; pickerels; muskellunges Centrarchidae, family_Centrarchidae -- (sunfish family Serranidae, family_Serranidae -- (marine fishes: sea basses; sea perches; groupers; jewfish Embiotocidae, family_Embiotocidae -- (viviparous percoid fishes comprising the surf fishes Priacanthidae, family_Priacanthidae -- (small carnivorous percoid fishes found worldwide in tropical seas Apogonidae, family_Apogonidae -- (bright-colored marine fishes that incubate eggs in the mouth Malacanthidae, family_Malacanthidae -- (short-headed marine fishes; often brightly colored Pomatomidae, family_Pomatomidae -- (food and game fishes related to pompanos Rachycentridae, family_Rachycentridae -- (family of pelagic fishes containing solely the cobia Echeneididae, family_Echeneididae, family_Echeneidae -- (fishes having a sucking disk on the head for clinging to other fishes and to ships Carangidae, family_Carangidae -- (large family of narrow-bodied marine food fishes with widely forked tails; chiefly of warm seas Coryphaenidae, family_Coryphaenidae -- (large active pelagic percoid fish Bramidae, family_Bramidae -- (deep-bodied percoid fishes of the open seas Branchiostegidae, family_Branchiostegidae -- (small family of marine fishes having covered gills Characidae, family_Characidae -- (tropical freshwater fishes of Africa and South America and Central America Characinidae, family_Characinidae -- (former name of the Characidae Cichlidae, family_Cichlidae -- (cichlids Lutjanidae, family_Lutjanidae -- (snappers Haemulidae, family_Haemulidae -- (grunts Sparidae, family_Sparidae -- (porgies; scups Sciaenidae, family_Sciaenidae -- (warm-water marine fishes including the drums and grunts and croakers and sea trout Mullidae, family_Mullidae -- (goatfishes or red mullets Mugilidae, family_Mugilidae -- (gray mullets Atherinidae, family_Atherinidae -- (small spiny-finned fishes of both salt and fresh water Sphyraenidae, family_Sphyraenidae -- (monotypic family of large active fishes of tropical and subtropical waters: barracuda Pempheridae, family_Pempheridae -- (sweepers Kyphosidae, family_Kyphosidae -- (sea chubs Ephippidae, family_Ephippidae -- (small family comprising the spadefishes Chaetodontidae, family_Chaetodontidae -- (butterfly fishes Pomacentridae, family_Pomacentridae -- (damselfishes Labridae, family_Labridae -- (wrasses Scaridae, family_Scaridae -- (parrotfishes Polynemidae, family_Polynemidae -- (threadfins Opisthognathidae, family_Opisthognathidae -- (jawfishes Uranoscopidae, family_Uranoscopidae -- (stargazers Dactyloscopidae, family_Dactyloscopidae -- (sand stargazers Blenniidae, family_Blenniidae -- (a family of fish including: combtooth blennies Clinidae, family_Clinidae -- (viviparous blennies of temperate and tropical seas Pholidae, family_Pholidae, family_Pholididae -- (a family of fish of suborder Blennioidea Stichaeidae, family_Stichaeidae -- (pricklebacks Anarhichadidae, family_Anarhichadidae -- (wolffishes Zoarcidae, family_Zoarcidae -- (eelpouts Ammodytidae, family_Ammodytidae -- (sand lances Callionymidae, family_Callionymidae -- (dragonets Gobiidae, family_Gobiidae -- (gobies Eleotridae, family_Eleotridae -- (sleepers Percophidae, family_Percophidae -- (percoid flatheads Toxotidae, family_Toxotidae -- (archerfishes Microdesmidae, family_Microdesmidae -- (wormfishes Acanthuridae, family_Acanthuridae -- (surgeonfishes Gempylidae, family_Gempylidae -- (snake mackerels Trichiuridae, family_Trichiuridae -- (cutlassfishes Scombridae, family_Scombridae -- (marine food fishes: mackerels; chub mackerels; tuna Katsuwonidae, family_Kasuwonidae -- (in some classifications considered a separate family comprising the oceanic bonitos Xiphiidae, family_Xiphiidae -- (comprising the common swordfishes Istiophoridae, family_Istiophoridae -- (sailfishes; spearfishes; marlins Luvaridae, family_Luvaridae -- (louvars Stromateidae, family_Stromateidae -- (butterfishes: harvest fishes; dollar fishes Gobiesocidae, family_Gobiesocidae -- (clingfishes Lobotidae, family_Lobotidae -- (tripletails Gerreidae, family_Gerreidae, Gerridae, family_Gerridae -- (mojarras Sillaginidae, family_Sillaginidae -- (small family of small food fishes in shallow waters of the Pacific around Indonesia Amiidae, family_Amiidae -- (only the bowfins Polyodontidae, family_Polyodontidae -- (paddlefishes Acipenseridae, family_Acipenseridae -- (sturgeons Lepisosteidae, family_Lepisosteidae -- (comprises the genus Lepisosteus Scorpaenidae, family_Scorpaenidae -- (scorpionfishes; rockfishes; lionfishes Cottidae, family_Cottidae -- (sculpins Cyclopteridae, family_Cyclopteridae -- (lumpfishes Liparididae, family_Liparididae, Liparidae, family_Liparidae -- (snailfishes Agonidae, family_Agonidae -- (poachers Hexagrammidae, family_Hexagrammidae -- (greenlings Platycephalidae, family_Platycephalidae -- (scorpaenoid flatheads Triglidae, family_Triglidae -- (in some classifications restricted to the gurnards and subdivided into the subfamilies Triglinae (true sea robins) and Peristediinae (armored sea robins) Triglinae, subfamily_Triglinae -- (in some classifications considered a subfamily of Triglidae comprising searobins having ordinary scales and no barbels (true searobins) Peristediinae, subfamily_Peristediinae -- (in some classifications considered a subfamily of Triglidae comprising the armored searobins Dactylopteridae, family_Dactylopteridae -- (flying gurnards Balistidae, family_Balistidae -- (triggerfishes Monocanthidae, family_Monocanthidae -- (filefishes Ostraciidae, family_Ostraciidae, family_Ostraciontidae -- (boxfishes Tetraodontidae, family_Tetraodontidae -- (puffers Diodontidae, family_Diodontidae -- (spiny puffers Molidae, family_Molidae -- (ocean sunfishes Pleuronectidae, family_Pleuronectidae -- (righteye flounders Bothidae, family_Bothidae -- (a family of fish of the order Heterosomata Cynoglossidae, family_Cynoglossidae -- (tonguefishes Soleidae, family_Soleidae -- (soles